Vikings v Cheatriots. This time it's personal.

The Vikings walking off the field victorious, having defeated the twin tandem of my NFL torment since 2001, Belichick and Brady.

Never seen it happen.

Now, due somewhat to the cyclical nature of the NFL, the Patriots have always caught the Vikings at low points. They've never had to face even a .500 Vikings team.

2002: A fairly competitive game considering the Vikings were very bad until the end of the season. Tbh I don't remember anything specific about this game.

2006: I was at this one. The Vikings were 4-2, in Chilly's 1st season. They had just won up at Seattle and were looking like a playoff contender. Then these fuckers came in here on a Monday night and completely destroyed us 31-7. We only scored on a punt return, and the season collapsed into a 6-10 bummer.

2010: Another bad Vikings season. Another bad game. This one is only remembered for two things: 1. Patriot fans cheering Brett Favre getting hurt, then taunting him as he was carried off on the cart, and 2. The Randy Moss press conference that set in motion his release and Chilly's firing.

2014: Okay, here we go. The Vikings just opened the Zimmer era by blasting the Rams. The Pats lost their opener. And they're coming here to TCF Stadium. I'll be there. We're gonna get em this time. Aaaand then 2 days before the game the Adrian Peterson child abuse story breaks. And he's deactivated for the game. And maybe it wouldn't have mattered anyway, since Matt Cassel had his worst game as a Viking, the Pats rolled us, and we tumbled to 7-9, which is still the best team we've had in any of these matchups.

2018:

Well, until now. This is our best, maybe last shot to do this(although that fucker Brady is probably still gonna be playing 4 years from now). The Patriots are of course having another AFC title basically handed to them(great job Kareem), but this isn't quite the same level of unbeatable that they usually are. We at least have a shot.

A super bowl run is pretty unlikely this year, but man, if we can beat Rodgers and Brady back to back, that would almost make the season for me.


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